strathspey@strathspey.org:47259

Martin

Pilling diagrams

Dec. 4, 2006, 11:13 a.m. (Message 47259)

Peter Price wrote:

> I happen to be a better map reader than I am a word reader. 

You are not alone!
>I can process/visualize a dance from (...) diagrams far quicker than I 
> can from the words. 

Note that I have deleted "Pilling" from your phrase.
For a long time, I drew my own diagrams for dances (no longer have the
time!) which would give me an at-a-glance synopsis of the patterns to
teach or to dance. But the green book is not so easy to interpret.

Since the infamous Manual gets modified from time to time, what a pity
the successors of Mr Pilling do not improve the little book
1: by turning the set 90° so that it will be seen from the teacher's or
the band's point of view rather than the men's.
(when in doubt, I have to turn the book 90° to work out whether it is
reels across or reels on sides, for example)
2: by providing more floor patterns and less symbols (that ridiculous
cast-off sign which looks like a floor pattern but is not, and needs
some careful interpreting!)

No harm in hoping.

Martin
in Grenoble, France